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Here is a nice article about bike commuting in Charlottesville. Nothing really new to report — but a nice article. It’s always good to know there are others of us out there … The article says there are “4.9 million Americans who travel to work or school on two wheels.” (No indication of where that figure came from.)

What is really needed is a public transportation infrastructure including buses and trains. But sadly, (like the Ferengi of the Star Trek series), there is no profit in that.

There is a plan to have train service from the SouthCoast Massachusetts area to Boston, but the forces preventing it are very powerfull. $20 Billion for a big dig came easily, but a few million for train service is too expensive.

It’s only a matter of time though. Unless we wait too long, then it won’t matter any more.